Pantheon of the Great Lord of Time (28.10.9978 AS)

Bella was sitting on a sofa in her private chambers. She was petting, the head resting on her labs. “How was your day?” She asked, as she caressed the golden hair of the young girl, resting on her labs. “As usual, the girl said annoyed. Why is it that no one in this world gets me?” The girl said sadly.

“Believe me, that’s not my doing. I just gave you powers. How the mortals treat you, is their choice.” Bella said as she smiled as innocently as a little kid getting caught with his hands in the cookie jar.

The blonde girl sighed.  In the past years she and Bella had had the same discussion. Over and over they had discussed about how shitty her life has been because of her. Sadly for her, she had never been able to win it.

‘Does she take pleasure in knowing how shitty my day was?’ She asked herself as she was enduring Bella’s stroking her hair.

“Clair, if you look at the life of your future husband you’ll realize your life is a piece of cake.” Bella, who noticed Clair’s displeasure, said to her to calm her down.  

“Yeah, yeah, you keep saying that, but at the end, you never tell me what’s supposed to be horrible about his life.”  Clair answered, sticking out her tongue.“Till you tell me what’s supposed soooooooo bad about his life, I’ll assume, my life sucks more than his!” Clair said, puffing her rosy cheeks.

Bella rolled her eyes. “For example, he’ll have to marry someone like you. If that isn’t a sign that his life is cruel, then I don’t know.”

Clair jumped up from Bella’s laps and crossed her arms in front of her breasts.  “Why are you always so mean to me?” She asked with genuine curiosity.  “Because you’re so fun to tease.” Bella answered with a playful smile, jumping and hugging Clair.

Clair happily hugged Bella back. She knew all teasing was just playful banter. By now the both of them had known each other for a very long time. So they both knew how far they could go.

 ‘Is this how it feels like to have a real mother?’ Clair thought to herself as she just enjoyed the warmth of Bella’s hug. ‘I wish I could stay like this forever. I wish I hadn’t to go back to those people.’  Clair thought as she kept hugging Bella for a few minutes.

Clair’s blue eyes wandered over one of the many clocks on the wall and her mood turned sour. “What’s wrong?”  Bella asked, who noticed the change in Clair.  “It’s time to go back home” Clair said dropping her head.

“Don’t worry; we’ll see each other tomorrow again!” Bella said trying to cheer Clair up. “Say, why can’t I stay here with you forever? “ Clair asked once again. Bella sighed. “I’ve told it to you many times.  You’re a mortal, and mortals can’t stay in this place. Many strong and dangerous people walk around here. What do you think they’ll do to a moral if they run into one?”

**Sigh**

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“Well, at least I tried…” Clair, who had heard the very same answer hundreds of times force a smile on her face to play of her sadness. Bella patted her head once again, before waving at the golden bubbles left behind by the disappearing Clair.

“I also wish you stayed here with me forever my darling daughter.” Bella said sadly.

“I knew it! It was a bad Idea having you spend time with that girl.”  Aetas walked into the room as he said so

“What do you mean?” Bella smiled at him using one of her charms.

“I just don’t want you to get hurt.” Aetas said as he tried to resist.  “She’s a mortal and part of your schemes after all. I don’t want you to be sad, if something were to happen to her.”

“I won’t cry, I promise” Bella said, sticking out her tongue.

“Just don’t mistake her for our dead daughter.” Aetas said with a serious tone.

“I won’t” Bella said with a strict voice.

Lux  (29.10.9978 AS)

“Princess! Princess!”

 Clair was woken up by a soft voice.  She slowly opened her eyes and looked towards the source of the voice.  

“Good your highness is awake.”  

A smiling blonde woman, not older than twenty, dressed up as a Victorian Maid, said to Clair. “Did your highness have a good night’s sleep?”  She cheerfully asked, while clapping with her white wings.

“You could say I had a real nice dream.” Clair answered annoyed.

 “As expected of your highness, even her dreams are awesome!”  The maid said with an enthusiastic smile.

‘Why should someone expect me to have nice dreams?’ Clair thought while hiding herself under her blankets not to see the maid in her face.

“Your highness, I must insist.  It’s time to wake up. You’ve a tight schedule for today.”  The maid said with an apologetic tone.  

**Sight**

“What do I have to do today? Great some nobles? Spend time with that idiot? Or do I have to listen to that geezer’s lectures again?”  Clair said annoyed.

The young Maid looked like she didn’t know what to say. Suddenly the door was shut wide open and a strict looking blonde, also wearing a Maid’s uniform entered.  She didn’t look much older than the other maid, but the difference in their auras was immense.

“Time to stand up Princess! She said as she dragged the blankets away from Clair. “Kayle!” Claire exclaimed. “I don’t want to! I don’t feel like playing the perfect princess anymore!” Clair said with a moody voice.  

“I guessed  so much.” Kayle said as she grabbed Clair from her bed.

“Kyaaaahhh, what do you think you’re doing?!”  Clair said as she was being brought to the bath.

“Doing my job.”  Kayle answered annoyed as she threw Clair in the bathtub. Leaving the other Maid flabbergasted.  

“You…. You can’t do that to your majesty!” The young woman hysterically tried to get Clair out of the bathtub.

“Yeah! You can’t do that to me!”  Clair said with a wicked smile on her face.

“Oh, pardon me! I thought you hated being treated like a princess. Or was all that talk of ‘I wish I wasn’t the crown princess!’ A big fat lie?”

“It wasn’t!  Now leave me alone, so I can enjoy my bath!”  Clair said as she pointed at the door.  

“You have twenty minutes.”  Kayle said with a strict tone.

“You… you can’t… We have to bathe the princess.” The young blonde woman said towards Kayle.

***Sigh***

Both Kayle and Clair sighted at her.  Before Kayle grabbed the woman by her ears and both maids left the room.

***

After the bath, Clair was enduring the young blonde maid playing with her hairs.  “So what do I have today before my tutor arrives?” Clair asked Kayle.

“You’ll have breakfast  with your mother. After that you’re requested to greet Duke Archival and his son to a cup of tea”

Clair sighed.  “They’ll surely try to get my hand right? I wish I was in school and I hadn’t to bother with all this stupid pleasing the public thingy.”

“So, why don't you tell your mother during your breakfast?” Kayle suggested.

“You might have a point there!” Clair murmured and exhaled.

“So how should I approach this